Choroidal Microvascular Alterations in COVID-19 Patients.

Ankita ShrivastavWenting Sandy ZhouSean NgJianbin DingTrupti GiladaChun Hau ChuaShibjash DuttSundaram NatarajanRupesh V Agrawal

Published in: Ocular immunology and inflammation (2022)

COVID-19 results in significantly thicker choroid with reduced relative vascularity. This may be attributable to increased vascular permeability secondary to inflammation, resulting in choroidal stromal edema.

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sars cov
optical coherence tomography
age related macular degeneration
coronavirus disease
oxidative stress
bone marrow
optic nerve
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
endothelial cells